airemaddie
@airemaddie.bsky.social
US gov't atty; former psychologist; former planning commissioner; low carber me and pets; opinions only mine-civil exchanges welcome; age over 18. No DM solicitations.
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Politico: The Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asked to see some particularly sensitive data. Agency employees insisted he take a polygraph first and he flunked it. The Trump Administration’s response was to investigate the people who gave him the test.
December 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Politico: The Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asked to see some particularly sensitive data. Agency employees insisted he take a polygraph first and he flunked it. The Trump Administration’s response was to investigate the people who gave him the test.
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The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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REMINDER: Social Security is an earned benefit; it’s OUR money!
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
REMINDER: Social Security is an earned benefit; it’s OUR money!
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Congress continues to appropriate funds for specific purposes after it is passed by both chambers, and King Donald continues to seize the money to redirect it where he wants it to go instead.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congress continues to appropriate funds for specific purposes after it is passed by both chambers, and King Donald continues to seize the money to redirect it where he wants it to go instead.
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JUST IN: Kennedy Center board votes to rename the facility to the "Trump Kennedy Center" (via Betsy Klein)
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
JUST IN: Kennedy Center board votes to rename the facility to the "Trump Kennedy Center" (via Betsy Klein)
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Per new guidance, Trump plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship. But when the government sets arbitrary targets, "people who shouldn't be swept up, get swept up," says @margyoh.bsky.social.
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Per new guidance, Trump plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship. But when the government sets arbitrary targets, "people who shouldn't be swept up, get swept up," says @margyoh.bsky.social.
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The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court.
bit.ly/44yksPF
bit.ly/44yksPF
A New Playbook for Countering Originalism in Court
Our guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments.
www.brennancenter.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court.
bit.ly/44yksPF
bit.ly/44yksPF
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STRIKE TWO
Court posts records showing the grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia rejected Justice Dept's proposed indictment against Letitia James
Norfolk grand jury did the same earlier this month
Will feds try again with grand jury in Richmond today?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Court posts records showing the grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia rejected Justice Dept's proposed indictment against Letitia James
Norfolk grand jury did the same earlier this month
Will feds try again with grand jury in Richmond today?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
STRIKE TWO
Court posts records showing the grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia rejected Justice Dept's proposed indictment against Letitia James
Norfolk grand jury did the same earlier this month
Will feds try again with grand jury in Richmond today?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Court posts records showing the grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia rejected Justice Dept's proposed indictment against Letitia James
Norfolk grand jury did the same earlier this month
Will feds try again with grand jury in Richmond today?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Through our reporting, it became clear that patients and doctors don’t have all the information needed to make informed decisions about the medicines they take or prescribe.
So we created Rx Inspector, a tool that aims to help:
So we created Rx Inspector, a tool that aims to help:
How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Through our reporting, it became clear that patients and doctors don’t have all the information needed to make informed decisions about the medicines they take or prescribe.
So we created Rx Inspector, a tool that aims to help:
So we created Rx Inspector, a tool that aims to help:
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
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The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
How the Supreme Court Rejected Denaturalization as a Political Weapon Long Ago
New threats to strip opponents of citizenship recall a dark history.
www.brennancenter.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT
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Reuters: ICC refuses Israeli demand to limit the ICC investigation in Gaza to the events of Oct 7, 2023. The investigation will continue, and the arrest warrant for Netanyahu remains outstanding.
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reuters: ICC refuses Israeli demand to limit the ICC investigation in Gaza to the events of Oct 7, 2023. The investigation will continue, and the arrest warrant for Netanyahu remains outstanding.
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Attorneys who represent Social Security disability claimants may find the recent decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Hultz v. Bisignano dealing with fibromyalgia in particular and subjective symptoms in general of interest.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/232...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/232...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Attorneys who represent Social Security disability claimants may find the recent decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Hultz v. Bisignano dealing with fibromyalgia in particular and subjective symptoms in general of interest.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/232...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/232...
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NBC: Friday, a fed judge ordered DOJ to return data it seized in 2017 from James Comey’s good friend and lawyer, law professor Daniel Richman, holding that DOJ violated Richman’s Constitutional rights, and had improperly used the information to indict Comey. Judge cited DOJ’s “callous disregard”.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
NBC: Friday, a fed judge ordered DOJ to return data it seized in 2017 from James Comey’s good friend and lawyer, law professor Daniel Richman, holding that DOJ violated Richman’s Constitutional rights, and had improperly used the information to indict Comey. Judge cited DOJ’s “callous disregard”.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out 7,000 of the public servants who make Social Security work.
Americans are paying the price.
Americans are paying the price.
A man mistakenly declared dead lost his insurance. How federal cuts could make fixes harder
A Maryland man lost his health insurance after the government mistakenly declared him dead, his family told the News4 I-Team. To pay for the dialysis he needed to live, his wife says she spent thousan...
www.nbcwashington.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out 7,000 of the public servants who make Social Security work.
Americans are paying the price.
Americans are paying the price.
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BBC: Costco sues Trump Administration in the Court of International Trade, asking the court to rule that all tariffs collected by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful and must be returned. So far, it’s $90 Billion.
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
BBC: Costco sues Trump Administration in the Court of International Trade, asking the court to rule that all tariffs collected by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful and must be returned. So far, it’s $90 Billion.
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US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown reut.rs/4pd9MxE
US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown
Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who led the crackdown, said on social media that the North Carolina arrests were made within a roughly five-hour span on the first day of operating in Charlotte.
reut.rs
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown reut.rs/4pd9MxE
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After House Oversight Democrats released a series of private emails from Epstein, House Oversight Republicans released 20,000 more pages of emails and documents
“you see, i know how dirty donald is ...” Epstein wrote. “what it means to have your fixer flip.” trib.al/1ye0707
“you see, i know how dirty donald is ...” Epstein wrote. “what it means to have your fixer flip.” trib.al/1ye0707
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
After House Oversight Democrats released a series of private emails from Epstein, House Oversight Republicans released 20,000 more pages of emails and documents
“you see, i know how dirty donald is ...” Epstein wrote. “what it means to have your fixer flip.” trib.al/1ye0707
“you see, i know how dirty donald is ...” Epstein wrote. “what it means to have your fixer flip.” trib.al/1ye0707
Data centers and bitcoin production –
Data-centers make Page One in Washington State.
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Data centers and bitcoin production –
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A strategy that helped antiabortion activists in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade could also work for campaign finance reform: enacting state "trigger laws" that challenge the legitimacy of Citizens United. bit.ly/3Xsczat
State Legislatures Can Push Back Against Citizens United
State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling is reversed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A strategy that helped antiabortion activists in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade could also work for campaign finance reform: enacting state "trigger laws" that challenge the legitimacy of Citizens United. bit.ly/3Xsczat
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The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
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So, how will the Social Security COLA be computed?
The White House says that key inflation and jobs data for October will “likely never” be released due to the government shutdown.
The last time a shutdown delayed a jobs report was in October 2013, when the report was delayed by a few weeks.
The last time a shutdown delayed a jobs report was in October 2013, when the report was delayed by a few weeks.
White House says the October jobs report may never be released
The last time a shutdown delayed a jobs report was in October 2013, when the report was delayed by a few weeks.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So, how will the Social Security COLA be computed?
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NBC: Author Michael Wolff has sued Melania Trump, charging she used threats, harassment, and intimidation, including a threat to file a $1 Billion lawsuit, to attempt to force him not to report on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NBC: Author Michael Wolff has sued Melania Trump, charging she used threats, harassment, and intimidation, including a threat to file a $1 Billion lawsuit, to attempt to force him not to report on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.